Marc Krakow, MD
Emergency Medical Services · Kalkaska, MINPI 1730185273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.0% of the total across 116 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Organogenesis Inc. at 38.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $770 and has fallen 51.6% since, to $372 in 2025. Among emergency medical services clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 116 payments — averaging $29.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organogenesis Inc.$1K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$696
- Abbott$607
- Convatec Inc.$545
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$104
- AbbVie$40
- plus $128 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1254%
- Travel & lodging$1494%
- Food & beverage$3,17292%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Organogenesis Inc. | 65 | $1,326 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 13 | $696 |
| Abbott | 17 | $607 |
| Convatec Inc. | 11 | $545 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $40 |
| Medline Industries LP | 2 | $32 |
| Vertex | 1 | $25 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- InnovaMatrix AC$354
- PuraPly$229
- Apligraf$125
- Dermagraft$125
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$125
- ESPRIT$117
- Affinity$114
- Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon$104
How this compares
$3,446 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 180 emergency medical services providers in Michigan.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $192 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other emergency medical services in Kalkaska
- Charles ZellerKalamazoo$454K
- Melissa TaylorGrand Rapids$60K
- Joshua WhiteLansing$26K
- Robert DunneDetroit$21K
- Brian GelbAlpena$4K
- Timothy ChildersReed City$4K
- Roy ElrodDetroit$2K
- Julie JohnsonTraverse City$2K
- Matthew FlanniganGrand Rapids$2K
- Trace DotsonWarren$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.